Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Mozart's Hoffmeister Quartet at Old St. Mary's

This Tuesday's Noontime Concert at Old St. Mary's featured 4 musicians from the Midsummer Mozart Festival performing Mozart's String Quartet No. 20 in D Major. Their playing was consistently polite & unrushed, & all 4 movements had similarly even tempos & smoothed-out phrasing. The 1st movement had a gentle, weightless ending. These concerts are well-attended, & the respectful Old St. Mary's audience was silent between movements. We were spared the sound of the street musician who sometimes plays the erhu outside the church during concerts. He must have been on his lunch break.